Over the past several years, professor Sull has studied emerging market champions to understand how they achieved strategic agility. The following articles summarize key findings by topics.

Stragegic agility: “Emerging markets give flight to new industry champions,” Financial Times, 5 August 2005. Argues that emerging markets provide fertile breeding grounds for firms with strategic agility.

Risk management: “Emerging markets set the risk standard,” Financial Times Mastering Risk. 16 Sept 2005. The unpredictability inherent in emerging markets force local champions to develop sophisticated risk management tools.

Innovation: With A. Ruelas-Gossi, “The Art of Innovating on a shoestring.” Financial Times Mastering Innovation. 24 September 2004. Necessity is the mother of invention. Read how these emerging market leaders innovate on a shoestring.

Globalization: “Good to global.” The Smart Manager, 2005, 3 (4): 29-35. Read how good emerging market companies, including CEMEX, Samsung Electronics and others made the leap to great global competitors.

Managing relationships: “In China: The importance of managing relationships dynamically.” Ivey Business Journal. May-June, 2005. Strategic agility requires a dynamic approach to managing relationships.

All articles are in PDF format.